CSFB’s former head of Asian investment banking, Neil Harvey, has teamed up with three ex-Macquarie traders to launch a new pan-Asia fund. The team is setting up Ben
Interdealer broker ICAP has launched iLinked, the first fully tradeable Delta One equity derivatives platform. The platform will operate as a hybrid offering traders the ability to transact electronically or by voice. iLinked will initially offer a range of equity-based
Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies LLC has added a third-party system to its multi-strategy discipline to enhance risk measurement, reporting and analysis. The new i
In its largest enforcement action to date involving hedge fund sales by broker-dealers, the NASD has fined Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., USD 250,000. Citogroup Gl
Randall Dillard outlines the background and thinking that underpins the launch of Liongate’s Multi-Strategy Fund. HW: What is the background to the comp
According to Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research Inc. (HFR), a nearly 1% Q3 sector-wide performance gain has largely reversed the 1% loss in Q2. HFR’s latest Q3 research confirms that the hedge fund sector posted a 0.9% performance gain for the
Michael Wexler’s Maple Leaf Capital is preparing to launch the Macro Volatility Fund to external investors on 1 November 2004. Wexler, CIO of the 2-year old firm sa
Bourse Scot Limited, the company aiming to create a stock exchange in Scotland, has selected Optiq, the trading platform of the pan-European Exchange Group, to power the new venue. The arrangement enables Bourse Scot’s initiative – known as Project Heather
The SEC Commissioners voted 3-2 in favour of the hedge fund adviser registration proposal only six weeks after the close of the comment period. Managers with 15 or
AK Jensen Group (AKJ), a financial services specialist serving institutional and hedge fund clients globally, has appointed Sher Malhi as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Malhi (pictured) joins AKJ as the group expands from its hedge fund origins into the digital assets
